Cabinet-file



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1,

J.' D. HUBBARD.

.CABINET PILE.

N0.415,78z. Patentedmov. ze, 1889.

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. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. D. HUBBARD.

CABINET FILE.

No. 415,782. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

NA PETERS, Fhcwiiumgmphcr. washington. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH D. HUBBARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CABINET-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,782, dated November 26, 1889.

Application ilecl March 18, 1889. Serial No.` 303,746. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. HUBBAED, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinet-Files, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure I is a perspective view showing the cover raised. Fig. 2 is a detail showing one of the pockets. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section.

This invention relates to cabinet-tiles, and is primarily designed to contain lega-l blanks. Its object is to provide an improved cabinet containing a series of pockets in which legal blanks can be held, so as to be easily accessible, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawingsJ and hereinafter described.

That which I claiin as new will be pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents the niain part of the case, the sides ot whiclnas shown, are cut diagonally.

B is the cover. The sides of the cover B also are cut diagonally, and it is so hinged to the case A t-hat when'closed the cabinet will be rectangular in forni. This cover B is hinged to a piece a on the upper rear end of the case A.

C C are two upright rods located at the rear end of the cabinet beneath the piece a.

D represents one of a series of pockets adapted to contain legal blanks or other papers. Each pocket- D is made of Manila paper or other suitable material, and consists of a main portion provided with a flap d on each side, which extend about two-thirds of the length of the niain portion, as shown in Fig. 2. The flaps cl niay be made integral with the inain portion and re-en'forced at the fold by a piece of cloth; or they may be made sepal" rately and attached by a piece of cloth. Each pocket D is provided with two holes c at its rear end for the rods C, which may be re-enforced to prevent tearing, as shown in Fig. 2.

E is the cover-supporter. This supporter consists of a long piece of inetal, provided with a slot e at each end, and is secured to the cover B and case A by pins or screws b, which pass through the slots e.

F is a metal rod, which niay be bent into the form of a bail, as shown in Fig. I.. The ends of the rod F are pivoted to the inside of the cover B at f, about midway of its length.

G are two springs coiled around the ends of the bent rod F. Each spring is so arranged that it operates to press the rod F against the cover B.

An index-page may be provided for convenience, which can be placed on top of the series of pockets, as shown in Fig. 1.

In use the legal blanks or other papers to be iiled are placed in the pockets, which are numbered consecutively, and the number of the pocket and the naine of the blank or paper placed on the index. lVhen any one of the blanks or papers is desired, the cover B is to be raised, as shown in Figs. l and 3, and the pockets above the one in which the desiredpaper is held are to be raised up and turned back, and at the same timetlie bent rod or bail F is also to be raised and the front ends of the raised pockets passed be tween the rod or bail F and the cover B. The rod F, being. then released, holds the pockets in the raised position until it is againlitted, when' the pockets can be returned to their normal position.

In order to hold the cover B in the proper position when open, the cover-support E is provided. In ord er to prevent the rod or bail F from striking the cover B, I place rubber buifers g on the cover, so that the rod will strike them.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a cabinet-file, the combination of a case provided with a cover, a series of pockets D, to receive papers, a bent rod or bail F, under orV behind which uplifted pockets can be passed, and springs G, to hold uplifted pockets against the the inside of the cover, substantiallyA as specified.

JOSEPH D. IIUBBARD.

IVitnesses:

HARRY T. JONES, Y ALBERT I-I. ADAMS. 

